Inside Notre Dame Tour with Small Group City Stroll
About this activity
Explore Notre-Dame Cathedral and the historic Île de la Cité with a local guide, uncovering legends and the origins of Paris in a small-group walking tour.
Full description
Discover the stories hidden on Paris’s oldest island during an in-depth exploration of Île de la Cité and Notre-Dame Cathedral. Begin with an introduction to Notre-Dame from your guide as you step inside to see its remarkable post-fire restoration and learn the truth behind the legends that shaped its global fame. After time to explore the cathedral's interior, continue with an expert-led walk through the island’s historic streets, tracing the people, myths, and turning points that made Paris what it is today. With a group of up to 14 guests, you'll get more from your guide than a standard walk-and-point tour, real context, room for questions, and a pace built around actually seeing the island, not just passing through it. With your entrance to Notre-Dame handled for you, this tour is an ideal way to understand where the City of Light began.
Stop At: Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris
Description: Your guide will take you back in time hundreds of years to when the mighty cathedral (the distance from which all points in France are measured) was first built and Paris looked very different than it does today. This tour includes entry to the cathedral. After a brief introduction from your guide about the cathedral's past and incredible restoration after the 2019 fire, you'll go inside for a guided visit of one of Paris' most important landmarks.
Duration: 1 hours 45 minutes
Admission: Included
Stop At: Île de la Cité
Description: Stroll down meandering cobblestone streets where you'll hear the stories and learn of the characters - poets, philosophers, artists - that made Paris the City of Light.
Duration: 45 minutes
Admission: N/A
Stop At: Sainte-Chapelle
Description: Consider to be Paris' most beautiful church, this 13th century royal chapel was built by King Louis IX.
Duration: Pass by without stopping
Admission: N/A
Stop At: Conciergerie
Description: Pause outside the former royal palace that became a prison, and even held Marie Antoinette, during the French Revolution.
Duration: Pass by without stopping.
Admission: N/A
Stop At: Hotel Dieu
Description: One of the oldest operating hospitals in France, dating back to the medieval times.
Duration: Pass by without stopping
Admission: N/A
Cancellation policy
Cancellations received greater than 24 hours prior to tour commencement are fully refundable. Cancellations received within 24 hours of tour commencement are nonrefundable. Amendment requests are subject to availability and price changes. Late arrivals and no shows are nonrefundable. This is applicable to any tour participant that fails to arrive or arrives after tour departure.
Reviews
Amazing Tour!!
A highly recommended experience.
The tour was great and having priority on the boat was excellent
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- Adult (15+)
- Child (2-14)
- Infant (0-1)